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ISRO to launch an unprecedented 10 earth imaging satellites

Madhumathi D.S.

They include new categories such as first Geo Imaging Satellite

Control centre: Growth and development of plants are regulated at various levels in the cell.

How small regulatory molecules are generated in plants

Shubashree Desikan

Scientific research will be carried out on milk and milk products derived from Indian indigenous cows. File

Government unveils plan for research on ‘indigenous’ cows

Jacob Koshy To be funded by multiple institutions, the initiative, SUTRA PIC, is led by Department of Science and Technology.

Key indicators: Improvement in clinical symptoms includes blood oxygen saturation and significant reduction in inflammatory indicators.

Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients

R. Prasad Patients showed an improvement in clinical symptoms 12–24 hours after plasma infusion

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Budget 2020 | Spending on space goes up by 8%

Madhumathi D.S. Outlay for DoS pegged at ₹13,479 cr.; third trip to moon among missions on anvil

Why are there more men than women in the field of STEM?

D. Balasubramanian

Masculine culture, insufficient early exposure to science play a role

ISRO’s Lady robot ‘Vyomamitra’ was the centre of attraction at the inaugural session of the “Human Spaceflight and Exploration — Present Challenges and Future Trends” in Bengaluru on January 22, 2020.

ISRO to send lady robot ‘Vyomamitra’ in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft ahead of human spaceflight

Special Correspondent Vyomamitra, a combination of two Sanskrit words Vyoma (Space) and Mitra (Friend), took everyone by surprise when she introduced herself to the audience

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A photo of Christina Koch, who set the record for the longest stay in space by a woman

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Government unveils plan for research on ‘indigenous’ cows

Coronavirus: death toll in China reaches 1,765, says govt.

Coronavirus: Second Kerala patient discharged

ISRO to launch an unprecedented 10 earth imaging satellites

How small regulatory molecules are generated in plants

Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients

Urban heat islands in India

Why are our cities warmer than their suburbs and rural areas?

Researchers decode how malaria parasite multiplies

Two large protein complexes help the parasite proliferate

COVID-19: death toll in China surges past 1,500; over 66,000 infected

Chinese authorities have placed some 56 million people in Hubei under quarantine, virtually sealing off the province from the rest of the country in an unprecedented effort to contain the virus.

Telangana HC seeks report on State’s steps to tackle COVID-19 outbreak

Chief Secretary asked to file report by Feb. 26

WHO to not call novel coronavirus by official name

Organisation is unhappy as ‘SARS’ is mentioned in it and can create ‘unnecessary fear’

Saliva of COVID-19 patients contain virus, study finds

Of the 12 patients, the virus was detected in the saliva of 11 patients.

A global selfie

On February 14, 1990, the camera on-board Voyager I clicked a photo of planet Earth that depicted our home as a ‘pale blue dot’

Record-setting astronaut Christina Koch feels good after near year in space

Christina Koch met with reporters in Houston six days after returning to Earth from the International Space Station.

Explainer: How WHO names a new disease

The WHO had to come up the name in line with the 2015 guidelines between the global agency, the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization.

India moves to include elephant, bustard in global conservation list

The COP is scheduled to be organised from February 17 to 22 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

‘Half-a-million insect species face extinction’

Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind,

NASA, ESA set to send Solar Orbiter probe to map Sun's poles

Solar Orbiter carries ten instruments packed behind a massive 324-pound (147 kg) heat shield

Arctic ice melt is disrupting key ocean current, may alter climate in Western Europe: Study

According to the scientists, including those from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the US, a seawater current called the Beaufort Gyre keeps the polar environment in balance by storing fresh water near the surface of the Arctic ocean.

Watch | Longest stay in space by a woman

A video on Christina Koch, who has set the record for the longest stay in space by a woman

Coronavirus: China deaths rise past 800, overtaking SARS toll

Nearly 37,000 people have now been infected by the new coronavirus in China

Basmati rice genome sequenced

Scientists have mapped the complete genome of two basmati rice varieties, including one that is drought-tolerant and resistant to bacterial disease.

A new way of getting a sense of how time flows

The way energy flows can determine the direction of the ‘arrow of time’

IIT Madras: candle flame oscillators shine light on combustor stability

Studying flames of candle bunches, the team understood how combustors used in rockets work

Question Corner: Exercise and high blood pressure

Q: Why are people with high blood pressure discouraged from doing exercises that involve lifting weights (isotonic)? What is the mechanism by which

Finding the elephant’s long-lost relatives in Kutch

This find is the region’s first occurrence of the mammal and expands the species’ distribution range

Watch | NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope ends its mission

A video on NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope

Latest solar probe to get first close up of the sun's polar regions

Mapping the suns poles could allow scientists for the first time to observe the concentrated source of solar wind a stream of plasma and charged particles that beam outward and sustains the solar systems protective outer bubble that breathes in and out in harmony with the solar wind.

Coronavirus: death toll in China soars to 722

There are now more than 34,500 confirmed infections across the country.

Meet the two women scientists who won the Infosys Prize this year

It’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on February 11. And for Manjula Reddy and Sunita Sarawagi, their awards are not just personal but of universal significance

Watch | How is India dealing with coronavirus?

A video on how coronavirus that originated in China's Wuhan, has now spread to 20 countries, including India

NASA astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after record mission

The American astronaut set the record for the longest stay in space by a woman.

Chinese whistleblowing doctor dies of coronavirus

Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at a hospital in Wuhan, the city at the epicentre of the outbreak, was one of eight people reprimanded by Wuhan police last month for spreading “illegal and false” information about the coronavirus.

Coronavirus: death toll in China hits 636, infections exceed 30,000

The central province of Hubei in China, where the deadly coronavirus originated, continued to be hardest-hit.

Explained | When can people transmit the novel coronavirus?

The main driver of nCoV transmission is people who exhibit overt symptoms. Such people will spread the virus more readily through coughing and sneezing, WHO says.

Study on bats | No rules were broken, says NCBS

Govt. had ordered probe into study on bats by U.S., China and Indian researchers

Paper claiming novel coronavirus can be transmitted during incubation period ‘flawed’

The main driver of novel coronavirus transmission is people who exhibit overt symptoms

Watch | India's NavIC system now on smartphones

A video on NavIC, India's own navigation system

Selection for ISRO’s Young Scientist Programme 2020 for school children is now open

Through the programme, the students can meet scientists at the different ISRO centres, visit their labs and also participate in lectures and practical classes.

Watch | Bats and the novel coronavirus

A video based on a study showing bats are more immune to viruses such as the novel coronavirus, Ebola virus, SARS and MERS coronavirus than humans and rats

Coronavirus | Deaths in China pass 360, over 17,000 infected globally

The death toll exceeds the 349 mainland fatalities from the 2002-2003 SARS outbreak

Budget 2020 | Cheer for science as key departments get a raise

Key departments get 13% more than what was spent last year; biotechnology gets largest hike

Budget 2020 | Spending on space goes up by 8%

Outlay for DoS pegged at ₹13,479 cr.; third trip to moon among missions on anvil

Human-to-human transmission in Wuhan started in mid-December

In early stages, the epidemic doubled in size approximately every 7.4 days in Wuhan

How bats harbour several viruses yet not get sick

Bats avoid excessive virus-induced inflammation, which often causes severe diseases in humans

Extended chain of human-to-human spread seen in Germany

Germany has recorded the first case of fourth-generation transmission of coronavirus

NASA decommissions Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 years of operation

Spitzer, which was launched in 2003, studied some of the most distant galaxies ever detected with the light from some of the cosmic bodies travelling for billions of years to reach the telescope, NASA said.

What is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?

The last time WHO declared a global health emergency was in 2019 for the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo that killed more than 2,000 people.

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat in Ahmedabad on February 15, 2020.

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Google Maps image shows the runway of the Pune International Airport.

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